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Nov 10, 2009
Lincoln inspires a return to the "great books"
Read the sidebar: Putting presidents' words to music UCLA Law Professor Daniel Lowenstein has always held Abraham Lincoln in high regard as a statesman and president, but making time for a serious read of Lincoln's writings was another...
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Nov 10, 2009
Connecting Watts with Westwood
A day in Watts, just 30 minutes from Westwood. “Going to UCLA, I feel like a lot of students are so caught up in this ‘bubble’,” hardly aware of rough-edged Los Angeles beyond Westwood. Terry Kim, who made...Nov 10, 2009
Wesley Clark: Can NATO survive Afghanistan?
Twenty years after the Berlin Wall fell and NATO's raison d'être was thrown into question, former NATO chief and retired U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark reflected on how the organization's tumultuous existence in the '90s reflects on its precarious...
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Nov 10, 2009
A visual legacy of Asian-American studies
Sometime in the early 1970s, a rally was photographed on the steps of Campbell Hall. Charles Young was chancellor. Cuts were being proposed to UCLA’s ethnic studies programs. And, as was typical of those heady years of activism, the students...
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Nov 10, 2009
After Hours: The Vintner
Think about those times you’ve treated yourself to a refreshing glass of wine after a long, hard day of work. How much more satisfying would it be to know that you made the wine yourself? In this latest installment of “After...Nov 09, 2009
Verbatim — Same-sex parents, TV fashions, cosmic rays and immigrant healthcare
UCLA faculty are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection: “Clearly, in the minds of same-sex couples who are marrying or think of themselves as married, you are not decoupling...Nov 09, 2009
Lighting a fire for human rights
When Jack Healey, founder and president of the Human Rights Action Center, came to UCLA on Nov. 5, his purpose was clear: to inspire undergraduates to dedicate themselves to the universal struggle for human rights, as he has done for nearly three decades. Jack...Nov 06, 2009
Explore the Universe — on south campus
The sun, the moon and the stars — enjoy all this and more during “Exploring the Universe,” a family-friendly open house presented by UCLA’s departments of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Space Sciences, and Atmospheric Sciences....Nov 06, 2009
From war to Westwood: when soldiers become students
A new UCLA class is reaching out to a unique kind of incoming Bruin: veterans relearning how to live as civilians after service in the military. In the safety of the all-vets class, they discuss their impatience with students who think midterms...
